Lots of reaction around the net to this article including Troy Ave himself and Rosenberg, so I decided to read it even though there are more important things to think about, like how my diet impacts the smell of my farts.
And you know what? There's some typical Noisey bullshit in this article. The description of Troy Ave and his position in the rap game is pretty spot on, but some of the accessory comments on the game and certain rappers is questionable. You can tell this dude misses plenty of the finer points of rap when he mentions the 'uniqueness' of A$AP Mob and Coke Boys, and how they're putting on for NY. That's so laughable, I don't even know where to start... Since we know that A$AP Mob jacked most of their steez from a certain gang of dudes in Florida and more than half of the current Coke Boys output is written in a southern style and done over southern music. For every wavy more 'original' song they make, there's 2 generic trap joints. And TBQH, some of these rappers he compares Troy Ave to are a cut above Troy in various ways. Like Saigon isn't that bad. He's pretty generic but he has some limited enjoyable material in the first half of the 00s. Even Papoose is a technically impressive rapper, hilariously bad punchlines and being a hoe aside. Say what you want about him being garbage, but he can rap on an order better than Troy Ave, who's the most porridge ass unremarkable rapper in the universe.
And I don't like his off the cuff comment about Bleek either.
